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Last month, Lindengruppen approached us as they wanted to write an article on how art has helped people cope during the pandemic. An independent journalist interviewed Dennis, Jane and Gail. The result demonstrates how we have effectively and proactively approached the many challenges that 2020 has presented us with. Read here for details of each […]

On Friday 4th December, we held the fortnightly Town Hall Meeting, hosted by CEO Dennis van Schie. Guest included Chief People Officer, Jane Beeston and UK HR Director, Harsa Beagley. If you couldn’t attend the live event, click here to listen to Dennis’ business update inspirational content. Jane started talking about three main topics (personal […]

Recently, we’ve seen our Digital team launch one successful platform after another. New WordPress platforms for our brand sites including Winsor &Newton, Liquitex and Snazaroo; a newly developed B2B platform to best serve our high street retailers and deliver our products directly to their door; and now we’re excited to share their next milestone in […]

Las Meninas, or Ladies-in-waiting, painted by Diego Velazquez in 1656 is a famous piece of art history that questions both reality and illusion. Today, this is brought to life through the annual “Meninas Madrid Gallery Project”. From October to December, each year, 50 different Meninas are displayed throughout the streets and squares of Madrid Curated […]

Dear all, Putting yourself in the shoes of another is often described as being at the heart of empathy.  To have empathy means that we are able to understand how another person is feeling just by using our imagination to experience that feeling. So, why am I talking about empathy….in the world of COVID-19 we […]

On Friday 13th November, we held the fortnightly Town Hall Meeting, hosted by CEO Dennis van Schie. Guest included Chief Commercial Officer, Gail Pasquier, Commercial Director UK, Anthony Taylor, UK Marketing Director, Gaelle Carbonneil and General Manager Snazaroo, Adrian Ryan. If you couldn’t attend the live event, click the video below to listen to Dennis’ […]

Marking a key milestone, the launch of the B2B portal is yet another digital innovation accelerated to implementation to ensure we stay ahead of the game in the ‘new normal’.

As we approach the year end, Lefranc Bourgeois brand has launched its final campaign, with a focus on celebration and gifting.  The campaign focuses on four new gift sets which are a vintage style limited edition. The gift sets are currently in mass production from Le Mans and in stores from October. The campaign also […]

On Friday 30th October, we held the fortnightly Town Hall Meeting, hosted by CEO Dennis van Schie. Guest included Chief Financial Officer, Jonathan Spight. Dennis started the session, talking about the virtual Lindengruppen management conference they had and the importance of embracing technology, embracing leadership and embracing sustainability. They will share more information with us […]

Dear all, With the second wave of COVID-19 cases well and truly upon us, tighter restrictions are becoming more evident in many countries.  This is particularly evident for our colleagues in France with a new national lockdown coming into force at the weekend. We are of course all in this together and the same principles […]

      On Tuesday 27th the Snazaroo Team and the Wellbeing Team hosted the first-ever virtual facing painting class. This year Halloween celebration will look very different, but this shouldn’t stop us from celebrating safely at home More than ever we need fun activities to bring us all together and bring a bit of […]

This announcement explains the different sustainable initiatives and activations that have been taken in Lowestoft not only in 2018 – 2019 but also how that has been developed and where are now. Governance, ethics and compliance In 2018 Colart Lowestoft recorded a non-disclosure agreement with top suppliers and put in place an up to date […]

Have you recently visited Zara Home? If you haven’t or you have, but you haven’t realised that some Winson & Newton products are now sold on Zara Home website and stores, keep reading this article. Zara Home contacted Winsor & Newton because they were planning to launch a creative space and they were looking into […]

Remember, remember the 1st of November! Yes, it’s the start of our annual on-line Performance & Development Review window of course.  Whilst the start date has not changed, the platform for the discussions has. As we are introducing a new functionality in Splash to support these discussions, you will have the opportunity to attend drop-in […]

On Friday 16th October, we held the fortnightly Town Hall Meeting, hosted by CEO Dennis van Schie.  Guests included Chief Commercial Officer, Gail Pasquier and South Europe Commercial Director Thierry Collot. Dennis started the session, talking about our purpose “inspiring every artist of the world” and what we aim “to become the most sustainable consumer-driven […]

Dear all, It would appear that the World Health Organisation’s warning that the number of COVID-19 cases will double if countries do not uniformly work to suppress the virus’ spread is starting to become a reality as a second wave firmly establishes itself across Europe and the US. How will the COVID-19 pandemic reshape our […]